The first table below looks at the demand for the 1st Line Support Technician role in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 1st Line Support Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the South East region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
First Line Support Technician
Rank 214 238 251
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +13
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Technician 6 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.076% 0.069% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.075% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £110
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 2
Average hourly rate £11.50 £11.50 £9.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +19.48%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £11.50 £11.50 £9.63
% change year-on-year
- +19.48%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7336 9394 9506
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.60% 92.47% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3629 4201 4116
Average daily rate £350 £350 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £220 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £501 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 587 724 798
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.38 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
1st Line Support Technician
England

1st Line Support Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 1st Line Support Technician across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East 1st Line Support Technician Jobs Demand Trend

1st Line Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 1st Line Support Technician across the South East region.

South East 1st Line Support Technician Hourly Rate Trend

1st Line Support Technician
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support Technician within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hampshire -10 5 - -
Berkshire - 1 - -
1st Line Support Technician
England

1st Line Support Technician
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited 1st Line Support Technician in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with 1st Line Support Technician in their job title.

1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
1 1 (16.67%) HP

1st Line Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited 1st Line Support Technician in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with 1st Line Support Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) HP
Southampton, Hampshire
2 x Service Desk & 1st Line Support Engineers are required for 6 month contracts (potential to go perm or become long term) based near Southampton. Working within the...
Connectus
Rate: £10 - £13 per hour
Posted: 14 May 2013